Types of Folktales

Which folktale has talking animals and teaches a lesson?

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

• Tall Tale

What are folktales?

• a type of tv show

• stories passes down by word of mouth until someone wrote it down

• a part of speech

• a dance

Which folktale includes magic and once upon a time?

• Tall Tale

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

Which folktale has larger than life characters and exaggeration?

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

• Tall Tale

A type of folk take based on a real person or event, but it cannot be proven

• Legend

• Tall Tale

• Myth

• Fairy Tale

A folktale that usually has some connection to ta real historical person or event, combining factual and fictional elements is a...

• legend

• myth

• tall tale

• fable

The two types of folktales we learned about were

• Myths and Legends

• Fairy Tales and Fables

• Trickster Tales and Tall Tales

Folktales are stories passed down through generations, usually orally (so, not written down). Fairytales and fables are types of folktale. Which of the following is an example of a fable?

• The Tortoise and the Hare

• Cinderella

• Peter Pan

• Peppa Pig

fable

• a folktale about the world that is frightening or mysterious

• a short folktale where personified(talking) animals teach a moral

Which folktale usually has gods and goddesses and mythical creatures?

• Myth

• Fable

• Legend